The top two team of the world met in the Confederations Cup final at the historic Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro and the host Brazil snag the victory with 3-0.
The Confederations Cup is intended as a dry run for the World Cup host, to road test the stadiums, the infrastructure and the internal organization with an eight-team tournament a year before the 32-team main event. But it also serves as a trial for the teams involved, placing their squads under the stress of tournament conditions in a way the usual qualifying series cannot.
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